{"id":5334,"date":"2025-07-21T17:18:16","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T17:18:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/tron-founder-justin-sun-to-join-blue-origins-next-spaceflight\/"},"modified":"2025-07-21T17:18:17","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T17:18:17","slug":"tron-founder-justin-sun-to-join-blue-origins-next-spaceflight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/tron-founder-justin-sun-to-join-blue-origins-next-spaceflight\/","title":{"rendered":"Tron founder Justin Sun to join Blue Origin\u2019s next spaceflight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-detail__content blocks\">\n<p class=\"is-style-lead\">As Tron founder Justin Sun prepares to cross the K\u00e1rm\u00e1n line, he joins a diverse team of adventurers, philanthropists, and innovators, each with a story as compelling as his $28 million charity bid that first secured his seat.<\/p>\n<p>On July 21, Blue Origin <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.blueorigin.com\/news\/new-shepard-ns-34-mission\" target=\"_blank\">announced<\/a> the crew for its upcoming New Shepard NS-34 mission, naming Tron founder Justin Sun among the six individuals set to cross the boundary of space.<\/p>\n<p>The passenger list, ranging from a meteorologist to a venture capitalist, includes J.D. Russell, Arvi Bahal, G\u00f6khan Erdem, Deborah Martorell and Lionel Pitchford.<\/p>\n<p>Sun secured his seat back in 2021 with a $28 million bid. At the time, his identity remained undisclosed; now, nearly three years later, the blockchain entrepreneur is preparing to suit up for a flight that has evolved into a public milestone. <\/p>\n<p>The mission, Blue Origin\u2019s 14th human spaceflight and 34th overall, is scheduled for launch in the coming weeks, with a livestream to broadcast liftoff and a brief suborbital journey.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- .cn-block-related-link --><\/p>\n<p>When Blue Origin\u2019s NS-34 launches, Sun \u2014 an influential crypto mogul with close ties to the Trump administration \u2014 will be buckled in alongside scientists, philanthropists and adventurers, each with their own remarkable backstory.<\/p>\n<p>The company\u2019s official announcement tellingly referred to him as \u201cH.E. Justin Sun,\u201d nodding to his diplomatic credentials as much as his tech background. Blue Origin noted that Sun\u2019s $28 million auction win sent 19 space education programs into orbit, from scholarships for future astronauts to fellowships for women in aerospace.<\/p>\n<p>In his own words after the crew announcement, Sun kept the focus squarely on that bigger picture. There was no chest-thumping about joining the spacefaring elite:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">In 2021, I bid $28M for a seat on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/blueorigin?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">@BlueOrigin<\/a>\u2019s New Shepard rocket\u2014funds that went to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/clubforfuture?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">@clubforfuture<\/a>, Blue Origin\u2019s foundation, to support 19 space-based charities inspiring the next generation of STEM leaders.<\/p>\n<p>Proud to join Blue Origin\u2019s NS-34 mission and continue encouraging\u2026 <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oLV4ly1Wtv\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/t.co\/oLV4ly1Wtv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 H.E. Justin Sun \ud83c\udf4c (@justinsuntron) <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/justinsuntron\/status\/1947308659266187675?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">July 21, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>    <!-- .cn-block-related-link --><\/p>\n<p class=\"is-style-default\">\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Tron founder Justin Sun prepares to cross the K\u00e1rm\u00e1n line, he joins a diverse team of adventurers, philanthropists, and innovators, each with a story as compelling as his $28&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4552,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cryptocurrency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5334"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5334\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5335,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5334\/revisions\/5335"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}